This document provides assessments for individuals and organizations to evaluate their purchasing departments. For individuals, the assessment ranks 10 critical areas on a scale of 1 to 10, such as travel opportunities, training, compensation and recognition. The total score is multiplied by 10 and compared to benchmarks. For organizations, the same process ranks areas like spend categorization, cost management, supplier relationships and purchasing's role. The document advises considering individual and organizational scores together. Strong individual scores but weak organization, or vice versa, may indicate the need for career changes within or outside the current company. The goal is to celebrate successes or make plans to improve situations in 2014.